Catherine of Siena, 14th Century Lay Dominican, and Doctor of the Church

Loving greetings and communion of prayer on this feast of Catherine, so dear to Dominicans throughout the world.  Special Patron of our Congregation of Sisters who keep this feast as a Solemnity, Catherine belongs to the whole Church, in dialogue with God, and in service of Christ’s reign of truth and justice, love and peace, in the world  Today, we continue to draw from the deep well of Catherine’s wisdom: –

“All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.”

“I also wish you to look at the Bridge of My only-begotten Son, and see the greatness thereof, for it reaches from Heaven to earth, that is, that the earth of your humanity is joined to the greatness of the Deity thereby.”

“Love follows knowledge.”

“The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.”

“Turn over the rudder in God’s name, and sail with the wind heaven sends us.”

Prayer
Oh glorious St. Catherine, Champion of the Church of Christ, and of His vicar on earth,
Doctor rich in wisdom, peace-maker among peoples, friend and guide of souls,
obtain for us the wisdom that will make us Saints, and for the world, a lasting peace,
through Christ Our Lord.